SMOLT MONITORING UNDER WAY Volunteers are monitoring traps twice daily in the upper and lower creek to document how many coho smolts leave for nearshore habitat, where they will gain size before venturing farther out for their two years in saltwater. How many survive their year in the creek is an indication of water …
On Feb. 26, volunteer monitors sighted 15 active “home hatch” fry darting around in lower Fauntleroy Creek – evidence that at least some eggs left last fall by coho spawners survived the winter. Spawners had left them under a blanket of loose gravel for protection. The eggs hatched into alevin equipped with a yolk sac …
Shortly after calling Salmon Watch 2024 a done deal on Nov. 10 with 19 coho spawners, more began streaming into lower Fauntleroy Creek.
Salmon watchers spotted the first coho spawner of the season come in to the creek from Fauntleroy Cove late Wednesday, Oct. 30. The watch is now in high gear and will continue as long as more fish seem likely. ‘Open Creek’ will be this Sunday, November 3, 1:00-3:00pm. Make your way to the fish ladder …
Salmon Watch 2024 to document coho spawners in Fauntleroy Creek will kick off on Sunday, Oct. 13, with the annual drumming. This all-ages community event will employ the beat of drums to call in spawners from the cove. It will start at 4:00 pm just off the intersection of SW Director and upper Fauntleroy Way …
Getting new net traps into upper and lower Fauntleroy Creek on March 14 proved to be good timing.
Nineteen salmon releases are now scheduled for late April through May.
The Fauntleroy Watershed Council’s Nov. 12 open creek drew 136 visitors of all ages.
With rain and 11-foot tides in the offing, the Fauntleroy Watershed Council will host an all-ages open creek on Sunday (Nov. 12) between 1:00 and 3:00 pm.
With high hopes, 20 volunteer salmon watchers are now on duty to document coho spawners in lower Fauntleroy Creek.